Fresh Quant Flow-Cell Car Concepts Arrive, Still Dodgy On Details
The company NanoFlowcell suggested an attention-getting list of claims for the Quant F prototype it exposed at the Geneva Motor Demonstrate this past week.
They included an unlimited power source, zero emissions, acceleration from zero to sixty two mph in Two.8 seconds, and a top speed of one hundred eighty six mph.
Last year at Geneva, the company made its debut with an e-Sportlimousine powered by flow-cell technology. This year, it displayed two fresh vehicles: the Quant F and the Quantino.
Compared to the e-Sportlimousine—otherwise called the Quant E—the Quant F gets a two-speed automatic transmission, but it is effectively a redesign of the Quant E.
NanoFlowcell Quant F prototype
Once fitted with a functioning flow cell, it will be used for further testing, the company says.
It claims that the Quant F will suggest a total of 1,075 horsepower, or one thousand ninety PS. That’s more than a 250-hp boost over last year’s e-Sportlimousine.
The fresh model has one electrical motor for each wheel, and its maximum system voltage has been raised from 600V to 735V—with a nominal current of ninety two amps.
The Quantino is a much smaller vehicle (around one hundred fifty inches long), with four 25-kW motors that adds up to one hundred thirty six horsepower.
The company notes that it is working on a lower-voltage (48V) version of the cell system for the Quantino. Top speed would be almost one hundred twenty five mph.
nanoFlowcell Quantino concept, two thousand fifteen Geneva Motor Display
In both cars, power is delivered by one three-phase induction motor per wheel, coordinated with a torque-vectoring system.
The company claims a range of almost five hundred miles with the Quant F, and more than six hundred twenty miles for the Quantino.
Smaller Quantino closer to production?
Meantime, the Quantino functions as a design concept to demonstrate the potential direction of a production sports car tooled with the NanoFlowcell technology.
But what is that technology? The concept cars have electrical powertrains, and that part is effortless to grip.
But instead of large battery packs, each uses violet wand from a flow cell, in which two ionic liquids are circulated (or ‘flow’) past a membrane.
In the Quant F, for example, there are two 250-liter tanks on board to hold those flow-cell solutions.
NanoFlowcell Quant F prototype
Based in Liechtenstein, NanoFlowcell now operates a facility in Weissach, Germany, that has “more than one hundred R&D professionals” working on the project, it says.
That’s in addition to a laboratory in Zurich, where it says development chief Nunzio La Vecchia and his team are “examining significant aspects of quantum chemistry on the basis of molecular engineering.”
Last July, the Quant e-Sportlimousine, or Quant E, attained approval for road use in Germany and Europe.
Fresh Quant Flow-Cell Car Concepts Arrive, Still Dodgy On Details
Fresh Quant Flow-Cell Car Concepts Arrive, Still Dodgy On Details
The company NanoFlowcell suggested an attention-getting list of claims for the Quant F prototype it exposed at the Geneva Motor Display this past week.
They included an unlimited power source, zero emissions, acceleration from zero to sixty two mph in Two.8 seconds, and a top speed of one hundred eighty six mph.
Last year at Geneva, the company made its debut with an e-Sportlimousine powered by flow-cell technology. This year, it showcased two fresh vehicles: the Quant F and the Quantino.
Compared to the e-Sportlimousine—otherwise called the Quant E—the Quant F gets a two-speed automatic transmission, but it is effectively a redesign of the Quant E.
NanoFlowcell Quant F prototype
Once fitted with a functioning flow cell, it will be used for further testing, the company says.
It claims that the Quant F will suggest a total of 1,075 horsepower, or one thousand ninety PS. That’s more than a 250-hp boost over last year’s e-Sportlimousine.
The fresh model has one electrified motor for each wheel, and its maximum system voltage has been raised from 600V to 735V—with a nominal current of ninety two amps.
The Quantino is a much smaller vehicle (around one hundred fifty inches long), with four 25-kW motors that adds up to one hundred thirty six horsepower.
The company notes that it is working on a lower-voltage (48V) version of the cell system for the Quantino. Top speed would be almost one hundred twenty five mph.
nanoFlowcell Quantino concept, two thousand fifteen Geneva Motor Showcase
In both cars, power is delivered by one three-phase induction motor per wheel, coordinated with a torque-vectoring system.
The company claims a range of almost five hundred miles with the Quant F, and more than six hundred twenty miles for the Quantino.
Smaller Quantino closer to production?
Meantime, the Quantino functions as a design concept to showcase the potential direction of a production sports car tooled with the NanoFlowcell technology.
But what is that technology? The concept cars have electrical powertrains, and that part is effortless to grip.
But instead of large battery packs, each uses electro-therapy from a flow cell, in which two ionic liquids are circulated (or ‘flow’) past a membrane.
In the Quant F, for example, there are two 250-liter tanks on board to hold those flow-cell solutions.
NanoFlowcell Quant F prototype
Based in Liechtenstein, NanoFlowcell now operates a facility in Weissach, Germany, that has “more than one hundred R&D professionals” working on the project, it says.
That’s in addition to a laboratory in Zurich, where it says development chief Nunzio La Vecchia and his team are “examining significant aspects of quantum chemistry on the basis of molecular engineering.”
Last July, the Quant e-Sportlimousine, or Quant E, attained approval for road use in Germany and Europe.
Fresh Quant Flow-Cell Car Concepts Arrive, Still Dodgy On Details
Fresh Quant Flow-Cell Car Concepts Arrive, Still Dodgy On Details
The company NanoFlowcell suggested an attention-getting list of claims for the Quant F prototype it exposed at the Geneva Motor Demonstrate this past week.
They included an unlimited power source, zero emissions, acceleration from zero to sixty two mph in Two.8 seconds, and a top speed of one hundred eighty six mph.
Last year at Geneva, the company made its debut with an e-Sportlimousine powered by flow-cell technology. This year, it demonstrated two fresh vehicles: the Quant F and the Quantino.
Compared to the e-Sportlimousine—otherwise called the Quant E—the Quant F gets a two-speed automatic transmission, but it is effectively a redesign of the Quant E.
NanoFlowcell Quant F prototype
Once fitted with a functioning flow cell, it will be used for further testing, the company says.
It claims that the Quant F will suggest a total of 1,075 horsepower, or one thousand ninety PS. That’s more than a 250-hp boost over last year’s e-Sportlimousine.
The fresh model has one electrified motor for each wheel, and its maximum system voltage has been raised from 600V to 735V—with a nominal current of ninety two amps.
The Quantino is a much smaller vehicle (around one hundred fifty inches long), with four 25-kW motors that adds up to one hundred thirty six horsepower.
The company notes that it is working on a lower-voltage (48V) version of the cell system for the Quantino. Top speed would be almost one hundred twenty five mph.
nanoFlowcell Quantino concept, two thousand fifteen Geneva Motor Demonstrate
In both cars, power is delivered by one three-phase induction motor per wheel, coordinated with a torque-vectoring system.
The company claims a range of almost five hundred miles with the Quant F, and more than six hundred twenty miles for the Quantino.
Smaller Quantino closer to production?
Meantime, the Quantino functions as a design concept to demonstrate the potential direction of a production sports car tooled with the NanoFlowcell technology.
But what is that technology? The concept cars have electrified powertrains, and that part is effortless to grip.
But instead of large battery packs, each uses tens unit from a flow cell, in which two ionic liquids are circulated (or ‘flow’) past a membrane.
In the Quant F, for example, there are two 250-liter tanks on board to hold those flow-cell solutions.
NanoFlowcell Quant F prototype
Based in Liechtenstein, NanoFlowcell now operates a facility in Weissach, Germany, that has “more than one hundred R&D professionals” working on the project, it says.
That’s in addition to a laboratory in Zurich, where it says development chief Nunzio La Vecchia and his team are “examining significant aspects of quantum chemistry on the basis of molecular engineering.”
Last July, the Quant e-Sportlimousine, or Quant E, attained approval for road use in Germany and Europe.